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BETTS, F CINCNNATI, OHIU; SAID BETTS .ASSIGNOR T0 SAID DA'VS.

Application filed August 1G, 1922, Serial No. dd. Renewed January 1'?, 1925.

To all 'wwm it may concern." y

Be it known that we, AUGUSTINE Davis,

d r., a citizen ot the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton t and State of Ohio, and ARTHUR L. Bn'r'rs, a

citizen of the United States, residing at (Cincinnati, in the county o Hamilton and State ost tlhio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Cans, ot which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to can structures and the like and provides in particular a strong, durable, non-leaking and. non-deormable largesize carrying can sultable :tor lubricating oil and other liquids, the iteatures of construction being useful for tankwagon measuring buckets and other heavy construction sheet metalrvessels.

ln the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof:

Fig. 1 is an elevation oit a can embodying the invention, the upper part being shown partially broken away and in section;

lFig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section through the joint between the breast and shell* Fig. 3 is a similar section through the joint between the shell and the bottom head; and i lEig. l is an inside face view of a portion of the neck, showing a capacity level indicator. y

The can has a cylindrical shell 1 stidened by vertical corrugations 2, which stop short ot' the upper and lower ends. 3 is a breast, the proximate portions of the breast and shell being received one within the other to iorin two thicknesses united and supporting each other in the manner which will be more particularly described.

'lhe sloping top of the breast is reinforced by radial corrugations 4 extending nearly to the periphery. Outside the ends of these corrugations is a plain arched shoulder 5, and depending from the shoulder a long flange t3. The flange (5 encloses the upper portion of the cylindrical shell, forming a belt of double thickness around this part of the can, and the lower end of the flange is joined to the outer face ot the shell by a con- 5o tinuous autogenous weld 7 making an integral leakless joint. Above the weld and below the shoulder the two thicknesses of the shell and breast flange are rolled out to form an arched bead 8, which both strengthens the side of the can and protects the weld. The upper end 9 'ot the shell rises upward from the inner thickness of the bead and is arched inward at 10 to form a seat which underlies and sustains the shoulder 5, in a en manner very eliectively to enable the breast to withstand the rough usage to which it is subject. The combination of the upwardl and outwardly facing arched shoulder of double thickness, above and inward of an outwardly projecting double thickness arched bead, the latter overhanging a continuous integral weld, t'orins a non-leaking structure ot maximum strength at the widely overlapping junction between the breast and shell.

A cylindrical neck 11 of comparatively heavy metal is welded at its lower end into the danged-up top opening of the breast, and is adapted to receive a screw or other closure 12, preferably connected to the breast by a shackle loop 13 and chain lll. 15 is a handle tixed to the breast.

An arched bottoni or bottom head l@ is set into the lower end of the shell, this head having a downwardly directed ange l? which lits within the end of the shell, the two edges being side by side. These edges are united by a continuous autogenous weld 18 forming a tight joint. A ring 20 of corn paratively heavy gauge bent to present a short inner limb 21 and a long outer limb 22, in cross-section, embraces the welded edges aforesaid, and the three thicknesses composed ot' its outer limb, the lower por- 90 tion of the shell encircled thereby and the bottom ilange in turn encircled by the shell arev rolled to forni an outwardly projecting bead 19. 'lhe weld is thus protected and the ring is locked in place by the strengthyelling bead. 'l`he portion of the heavy ring which extends lic-low and inwardly beneath the welded edges of the shell and bottoni ttl lli

dange constitutes the extreme foot of the can, guarding the welded joint from abrasion and other wear. While this portion is shown folded upwardly within the flange, we do not limit ourselves to this precise form.

Within the neck li is placed acapacity level indicator 23. Said indicator corn-l prises a bentretainer plate 24 fixed at the sides to the inside of the neck,.and a gage plate which initially is adjustable vertically behind the retainer plate. The lower end of the gage late is bent inward to form a foot 25 specially adapted for visible contact with the surface of the liquid, and when at the manufactory the can has been lled with its rated capacity of liquid the gage plate is adjustable until the foot just touches the liquid, after which this plate is brazed or otherwise lined in this position.

The bead 19 projecting outward beyond the lines ott the can not only greatly stillens the structure oit the -loot of the can, but constitutes an unyielding guard against deformation by' lateral blows. Cans of this character are carried in racks or in enclosures on moving vehicles. Such racks are deep enough to prevent the cans :trom toppling over and falling out of them, but it is not practicable to maire the cans and the raclrs yof such relative dimensions that the cans would be a snug lateral t in the racks, andthus prevent the cans being slanuned back and forth between the sides of the raclrs. The introduction of." the bead in the three thicknesses of metal, including the heavy reinforcing band, at the bottom of the can, affords a very strong projecting element to take on its arch the main torce of the impact when the can slides across the bottom ol the rack and cornes up against the opposite side, thereby protecting the thinner metal ot the shell from damage.,

'llhe bead 8 at the upper portion oi the can a'ords somewhat of the same type olprotection it the racks are deep enough to reach this height on the cans,

As these cans are made accurately to size, and calibrated so that they may be used as accurate measures, it is important that they be protected as thoroughly as possible 'from anything likely to cause .dents in the can, which would alter capacity suliieiently to nialre them measures.

l7t7hat is claimed as new is:

l. A can having a cylindrical shell and an inwardly sloping breast, the latter having ilange extending downward from lower portion, said llange and the upper portion o the shell beine overlapped orrning belt or double thickness, a continuous weld uniting the edge or outer overla part to the face of ner, and a fr' carnlerential bead :formed the double' iclrness protecting weld.

atea/ree 2. A can having a cylindrical shell, an inwardly sloping breast having a downwardly-.extending flange enclosing the upper portion of the shell, a continuous weld unit ing the breast flange to the outer face of the shell, and a bead rolled in the overlapped shell and breast flange above the weld.

3. A can having a shell and a breast having a flange enclosing the upper portion of the shell and welded thereto,a bead rolled out in two thicknesses of metal the upper end of the shell rising upward above the bead and having an inwardly extended seat supporting the breast.

a. A can having a shell, and a breast having a corrugated slope, a plain arched shoulder and a flange enclosing and united to the upper portion of the shell, a bead rolled out in the two thicknesses of metal below the shoulder, the upper end or the shell rising upward above the bead and having an inwardly arched'seat supporting said shoulder.

5. A can having a shell, a breast having a flange enclosing the upperA portion of the shell, a continuous weld uniting the lower end of thebreast flange to the outer face of the shell, and a bead rolled in the shell and breast dange above the weld and below the upper end ot' the shell, the shell having an inwardly arched seat rising above the bead to support the shoulder of the breast.

6. A can having a shell, abreast having a flange enclosing the upper portion of the shell, said breast having a radially corrugated slope and a plain arched shoulder connecting said slope with the base of the flange, a continuous weld uniting the breast flange to the ace of the shell, a bead forced outward in the shell and. breast flange above the weld and below the upper end of the shell, and an inwardly arched seat formed from the upper end of the shell above the bead to underlie and support said shoulder.

7. lin a measuring can or bucket, a shell, a bottom head having a downturned flange a Set into the lower portion of said shell, a continuous weld uniting the lower edges oit the shell and flange, a heavy reinforcing ring encircling the lower portion of the shell and said flange, said ring having a por tion extending below said weld, and a bead forced outward beyond'the linesjoii the can in the three thicknesses of the ring, shell and llange above the weld.

8. ln a measuring can or bucket, a shell, a bottoni head having downturned set into the lower portion oi' the shell, a weld forming a tight bottoni joint, a heavy reinforcing ring encircling the lower portion of the shell said dan e, said rin l llt? beyond the l nesses of 1h 1- il 9. A. were l heavy construction having a cylindrical shell and an inwardly sloping breast in separate pieces, the shell being overlapped by a flange on the breast forming a belt of double thickness in which an arched bead is rolled outward above a continuous Weld uniting the breast flange to the outside of the shell, lsaid breast having an arched shoulder above the bead, and the upper portion. of the shell rising above the bead and 10 turned inward to form an arched seat for the arched shoulder.

AUGUSTINE DAVIS, JR. ARTHUR L. BETTS. 

